Coronavirus: Vitamin D deficient are TWICE as likely to die
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Vitamin D deficient are TWICE as likely to die

Daily Mail  

More evidence has emerged which suggests COVID-19 patients with high vitamin D levels are more likely to survive the disease. A study from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam found countries with low vitamin D levels were also the countries with highest mortality and COVID-19 infection rates. A study from the US found patients with a severe deficiency are twice as likely to experience major complications, including death People with low levels of Vitamin D may be more likely to catch coronavirus and die from COVID-19 A preliminary study has found tentative evidence suggesting low levels of vitamin D may make it more likely an individual will die after contracting coronavirus. It revealed a convincing correlation where countries with low vitamin D levels were also the countries with highest mortality and COVID-19 infection rates. A ten-week trial from the University of Granada is currently ongoing after a recent study by Trinity College Dublin found adults who took Vitamin D supplements saw a 50 per cent fall in chest infections.

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Vitamin D intake ‘may reduce cancer mortality in the population by 15%’ – study
1 year, 4 months ago

Vitamin D intake ‘may reduce cancer mortality in the population by 15%’ – study

The Independent  

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Vitamin D intake ‘may reduce cancer mortality in the population by 15%’
1 year, 4 months ago

Vitamin D intake ‘may reduce cancer mortality in the population by 15%’

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Data gathered from the UK Biobank, an online database of medical and lifestyle records of …

Taking vitamin D supplements 'could slash your chance of a heart attack by a fifth'
1 year, 6 months ago

Taking vitamin D supplements 'could slash your chance of a heart attack by a fifth'

Daily Mail  

Taking vitamin D in your 60s could reduce the chances of a heart attack by up to a fifth, new research suggests. In this study, 21,315 Australians, aged between 60-84, were given either vitamin D tablets or placebo every month for up to 5 years Researchers then examined hospital data on any major cardiovascular events, including heart attacks, strokes, and …

Low levels of vitamin D could be a risk factor for long Covid: Study
1 year, 7 months ago

Low levels of vitamin D could be a risk factor for long Covid: Study

Hindustan Times  

Long-term COVID risk has been observed to rise with low vitamin D levels, according to a study presented at the 25th European Congress of Endocrinology in Istanbul. Low vitamin D levels are one risk factor for poor outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients, such as intubation, mechanical ventilation, or death, but its function in extended COVID has not been well examined. …

Vitamin D supplements linked with lower diabetes risk: Study
1 year, 11 months ago

Vitamin D supplements linked with lower diabetes risk: Study

Hindustan Times  

Higher vitamin D intake may be associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adults with prediabetes, a review of clinical trials has found. The team from Tufts Medical Center in the US conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of three clinical trials comparing vitamin D supplement impacts on diabetes risk. The researchers found that over a …

Vitamin D supplements don't work if you're too fat, study warns
1 year, 11 months ago

Vitamin D supplements don't work if you're too fat, study warns

Daily Mail  

Scientists suggested obese people were absorbing more of the vitamin They found overweight and obese people had less vitamin D in their blood Researchers in Massachusetts tracked 16,000 people for their study Vitamin D supplements may not work if you're overweight, a study suggests. Dr Tobias added: 'This study sheds light on why we're seeing 30 to 40 percent reductions …

Does Taking Vitamins Help When You Have COVID?
1 year, 11 months ago

Does Taking Vitamins Help When You Have COVID?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING With the ever-changing nature of all things COVID, combined with the blizzard of misinformation that’s out there, it’s tough to keep up with best ways to take care of yourself when you’re sick with the coronavirus. During the pandemic, some health experts have said that you don’t actually want to “boost your immune system” when you’re fighting …

Can Vitamin D Supplements Help Prevent COVID-19? Know Details Here
2 years, 3 months ago

Can Vitamin D Supplements Help Prevent COVID-19? Know Details Here

News 18  

Vitamin D is one of the most important nutrients that the human body requires. The skin has the ability to absorb the sun’s ultraviolet rays, which in turn, converts them into vitamin D. However, many people suffer from a deficit of it because of various reasons such as older age, lack of nutritious food and a darker skin tone said …

Can taking vitamins and supplements help you recover from Covid?
2 years, 7 months ago

Can taking vitamins and supplements help you recover from Covid?

Hindustan Times  

Australia’s surge in COVID cases this year has seen many people looking for ways to protect themselves or boost their immunity and recovery. In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration includes vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, plant extracts and microbiome supplements under the term “complementary medicine”. Little evidence of benefits Despite the large variety of complementary medicines marketed, most clinical trials …

Does Vitamin D work on Covid after all? Israeli study finds nutrient big indicator of severity
2 years, 11 months ago

Does Vitamin D work on Covid after all? Israeli study finds nutrient big indicator of severity

Daily Mail  

McGill University in Canada. 60 per cent higher rates of Covid-19 among people with low levels of the 'sunshine vitamin'. Compared vitamin D levels in almost 200 Covid-19 hospital patients with a control group of more than 2,000 healthy people. Independent scientists say blood vitamin D levels go down when people develop serious illness, which the study did not take …

Vitamin D may not protect against COVID: Study
3 years, 7 months ago

Vitamin D may not protect against COVID: Study

India TV News  

While previous research early in the pandemic suggested that vitamin D cuts the risk of contracting Covid-19, a new study finds there is no genetic evidence that it works as a protective measure against the coronavirus. According to the researchers, including Guillaume Butler-Laporte from McGill University, vitamin D supplementation as a public health measure to improve outcomes is not supported …

Multivitamins, Omega-3, Probiotics and Vitamin D May Cut Risk of Covid-19, Says Study
3 years, 8 months ago

Multivitamins, Omega-3, Probiotics and Vitamin D May Cut Risk of Covid-19, Says Study

News 18  

Taking multivitamins, omega-3, probiotics or vitamin D supplements may reduce the risk of testing positive for the novel coronavirus which causes COVID-19, at least among women, according to a large observational study. The researchers, including those from King’s College London in the UK, drew on adult users of the COVID-19 Symptom Study app to see if regular supplement users were …

Stop Ignoring the Evidence on Covid-19 Treatments
3 years, 11 months ago

Stop Ignoring the Evidence on Covid-19 Treatments

Wired  

Thanks to Twitter, you can now watch a doctor’s heart break in real time. It’s reasonable to think that giving sick patients someone else’s naturally occurring antibodies might help their recovery along, even save their life, and doctors have tried convalescent plasma to treat viral illnesses at least as far back as the 1918 Spanish flu. I can forgive those …

Australian clinical trial finds vitamin D does not ward off colds, flu
3 years, 11 months ago

Australian clinical trial finds vitamin D does not ward off colds, flu

Live Mint  

An Australian randomised controlled trial of vitamin D supplements, led by the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane has found they do not protect most people from developing colds, flu and other acute respiratory infections. We analysed data from the D-Health Trial to determine whether supplementing older Australian adults, recruited from the general population, with monthly doses of vitamin …

Vitamin D inexpensive, low-risk, can strengthen immune response to COVID-19: Experts
4 years ago

Vitamin D inexpensive, low-risk, can strengthen immune response to COVID-19: Experts

Hindustan Times  

There is no clinical evidence to prove low levels of Vitamin D lead to severe Covid-19 symptoms but there is a definite connect between the “sunshine vitamin” and immune responses to the disease, say experts as the pandemic spreads across the world and concerns mount over a new mutant strain. Many factors such as age, being male and comorbidities are …

Vitamin D an Inexpensive Way to Strengthen Immunity, Govts Must Include it in Strategy against Covid: Experts
4 years ago

Vitamin D an Inexpensive Way to Strengthen Immunity, Govts Must Include it in Strategy against Covid: Experts

News 18  

There is no clinical evidence to prove low levels of Vitamin D lead to severe COVID-19 symptoms but there is a definite connect between the sunshine vitamin and immune responses to the disease, say experts as the pandemic spreads across the world and concerns mount over a new mutant strain. Many factors such as age, being male and comorbidities are …

Scientists urge government to issue Vitamin D advice, "arrogance that the government wants to wait"
4 years ago

Scientists urge government to issue Vitamin D advice, "arrogance that the government wants to wait"

NL Times  

A group of scientists and health experts have criticized the government for their wait-and-see approach to taking vitamin D. According to the experts, more and more studies show that Vitamin D can decrease the chance of getting Covid-19 or minimize the symptoms. For example, the leading professor of Nutrition and Health at the Vrije Universiteit, Jaap Seidell, said that “waiting …

Vitamin D and Omega-3 supplements help the elderly avoid Covid-19
4 years, 1 month ago

Vitamin D and Omega-3 supplements help the elderly avoid Covid-19

Daily Mail  

Taking regular vitamin D or Omega-3 supplements bolsters pensioners' immune systems, helping them to fend off infections including Covid-19, a study has found. Last month, Matt Hancock urged people to take vitamin D to help boost their overall health and said the Government would be ramping up public health messaging to encourage uptake of the supplement. A study of more …

Coronavirus: Do I need to start taking vitamin D during lockdown?
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: Do I need to start taking vitamin D during lockdown?

The Independent  

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Doctors will trial whether vitamin D can protect people from Covid-19
4 years, 2 months ago

Doctors will trial whether vitamin D can protect people from Covid-19

Daily Mail  

Doctors will finally trial whether vitamin D can actually protect people from Covid-19 amid mounting evidence the 3p-a-day supplement could be a life-saver. A Singaporean study earlier in the year of nearly 800 people found almost 99% of Covid-19 patients who died had vitamin D deficiency CARE HOME RESIDENTS 'SHOULD BE GIVEN VITAMIN D' Care home residents are not being …

Vitamin D Remedy: Some Covid Protection Shining Down on Us. Indians May Take Note
4 years, 3 months ago

Vitamin D Remedy: Some Covid Protection Shining Down on Us. Indians May Take Note

News 18  

The simplest of supplements is proving extraordinarily effective against catching coronavirus, a major new study shows. The study in Boston published in the peer-reviewed journal ‘Public Library of Science One’ shows that that the risk of getting coronavirus declines steadily as Vitamin D levels increase. “The results are yet to come out, but we have seen already that those patients …

Matt Hancock wrongly claims vitamin D doesn't work for Covid-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Matt Hancock wrongly claims vitamin D doesn't work for Covid-19

Daily Mail  

Health Secretary Matt Hancock was told to 'get his facts straight' today after shooting down vitamin D as a potential coronavirus treatment despite a growing body of evidence from around the world suggesting it works. Countries with low vitamin D levels tend to have the highest case rates per million - but the graph was from a study in May, …

Coronavirus: Vitamin D can half risk of fatal complications, research finds
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: Vitamin D can half risk of fatal complications, research finds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Both studies claim that patients with sufficient levels of vitamin D are less likely to …

Vitamin D Cuts Complications, Risk of Death in Covid-19 Patients, Says Study
4 years, 3 months ago

Vitamin D Cuts Complications, Risk of Death in Covid-19 Patients, Says Study

News 18  

A new research adds to the growing body of evidence that patients with sufficient levels of Vitamin D are less likely to experience complications and die from Covid-19. According to the study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, hospitalised Covid-19 patients who were vitamin D sufficient, with a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of at least 30 ng/mL had a …

Vitamin D supplements 'could keep Covid-19 patients out of intensive care'
4 years, 3 months ago

Vitamin D supplements 'could keep Covid-19 patients out of intensive care'

Daily Mail  

Treating coronavirus patients with high doses of vitamin D supplements could help keep them out of intensive care, a study has suggested. Researchers gave high doses of calcifediol – a type of vitamin D supplement – to 50 patients hospitalised with Covid-19 in Spain. Calcifediol – a type of vitamin D supplementation – appeared to slash the risk of a …

Link between low Vitamin D levels, high COVID-19 infection risk established by Israeli researchers
4 years, 5 months ago

Link between low Vitamin D levels, high COVID-19 infection risk established by Israeli researchers

Firstpost  

People in their 20’s and 50’s were also found to be more at-risk for COVID-19 in the study, due to social gatherings and comorbid conditions. Dr Eugene Merzon, one of the study’s lead researchers from LHS, told International Business Times that their main finding was a “significant connection between low plasma vitamin D level and the likelihood of COVID-19 infection …

Coronavirus: ‘No evidence’ vitamin D supplements protect against Covid-19, review finds
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘No evidence’ vitamin D supplements protect against Covid-19, review finds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Health officials have said there is “no evidence” to suggest that …

Some scientists think that Vitamin D may help protect people against COVID-19 but the results are inconclusive
4 years, 6 months ago

Some scientists think that Vitamin D may help protect people against COVID-19 but the results are inconclusive

Firstpost  

Most evidence comes from observational studies and people are urged to be cautious about taking high doses of supplements to obtain benefits that may not exist. In the past decade, studies have found that taking vitamin D can lower the odds of developing respiratory infections like the cold and the flu, especially among people who have documented deficiencies. The notion …

Coronavirus: Obesity and ethnicity linked to greater risk of contracting disease, suggests research
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: Obesity and ethnicity linked to greater risk of contracting disease, suggests research

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy People who are overweight or obese, and of Asian, Black …

Coronavirus: Scientists dismiss ‘very misleading’ claims that ‘mega doses’ of vitamin D can protect against disease
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: Scientists dismiss ‘very misleading’ claims that ‘mega doses’ of vitamin D can protect against disease

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Social media reports suggesting that high levels of vitamin D …

Coronavirus Outbreak: An inexplicable link between people with Vitamin D deficiency getting infected with COVID-19
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: An inexplicable link between people with Vitamin D deficiency getting infected with COVID-19

Firstpost  

Vitamin D supplements over a long period of time can cause calcium build-up and can weaken the bones, damage kidneys and the heart. They also found a strong correlation between Vitamin D levels and cytokine storm — a hyperinflammatory condition caused by an overactive immune system. “Cytokine storm can severely damage lungs and lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome and …

Coronavirus: Vitamin D likely to reduce complications among patients, study finds
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: Vitamin D likely to reduce complications among patients, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The correlation between low vitamin D levels and death from Covid-19 is “statistically significant”, said …

Could Vitamin D deficiency be harmful to COVID-19 patients?
4 years, 8 months ago

Could Vitamin D deficiency be harmful to COVID-19 patients?

Firstpost  

The recent research states that low levels of vitamin D can be one of the reasons behind the deaths of COVID-19 patients. The recent research by scientists from Northwestern University, US, stated that low levels of vitamin D can be one of the reasons behind the deaths of COVID-19 patients. The researchers noticed that when compared with patients from less …

Should You Take Extra Vitamins To Prevent Coronavirus Infection?
4 years, 8 months ago

Should You Take Extra Vitamins To Prevent Coronavirus Infection?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING From the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a focus on wellness, and ways to avoid becoming seriously ill. One of the methods people are relying on is taking vitamins targeted to bolstering immunity. The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases said there’s “no evidence” that loading up on vitamin C will prevent a coronavirus infection. …

Coronavirus: PHE recommends taking vitamin D supplements as lockdown continues
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: PHE recommends taking vitamin D supplements as lockdown continues

The Independent  

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Coronavirus myth busted: Vitamin C supplements will not prevent COVID-19
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus myth busted: Vitamin C supplements will not prevent COVID-19

Firstpost  

Here’s the most important thing you need to realise right now: boosting your immunity will not prevent you from contracting COVID-19. Add to this the fact that Nobel Prize-winning scientist Linus Pauling has been promoting vitamin C as a supernutrient that can even prevent the incurable common cold since the 1970s, and it’s no wonder that people are assuming that …

Lack of vitamin D can cause heart failure in human beings, a new study finds
5 years, 7 months ago

Lack of vitamin D can cause heart failure in human beings, a new study finds

Firstpost  

A daily dose of sunshine, which stimulates the production of Vitamin D in the body, is vital not just for the wellbeing of your bones but may also be good for your heart. For some years, scientists have The new study has shown that vitamin D deficiency alone can lead to heart failure, possibly through insulin resistance. To study if …

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